scunny1 Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 A draw always feels like a defeat to the home team. Blown away by the Reserves yet again ,with our reserves not even close in any races. It is what it is now, but Gino has gone backwards since his spill in Germany and his confidence looks shot. What was Mr Peet doing in heat 15, when Jake was clearly a much better bet than Steve to pair up with Josh? Well done Bandits on a competitive match , I think our play off place is now blown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScunnyDan Posted August 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 Decent meeting last night, after the first 4 heats a fair few Scunny fans was ready to go home! Some fantastic racing, as always at the EWR and fair play to Berwick on a draw. For the Scorpions Steve - After the first race, he was fantastic... Stef - Steady meeting, not a bad first meeting back.. Jase - I believe hes carrying an injury but gave 110%.. Jake - fantastic as per... Josh - Awesome, paid max and blew an engine in his first race... Reserves, Danny - you cant fault the lad for effort but unfortunately the points aren't coming.. Gino - when will his luck change?! Understand hes had 2 new engines bought for him, and the points aren't coming, having said that, he doesn't have a mechanic, so the lad does everything by himself, driving, riding, mechanicing, the poor lad must be knackered... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 2 hours ago, ScunnyDan said: . Gino - when will his luck change?! Understand hes had 2 new engines bought for him, and the points aren't coming, having said that, he doesn't have a mechanic, so the lad does everything by himself, driving, riding, mechanicing, the poor lad must be knackered... if hes knackered riding one meeting a week,cleaning/prepping one bike and living at the track he wouldnt like the real world much at all Massive well done to Berwick last night,got their noses in front early doors and thanks to a fab performance from the reserves kept in front Another super nights entertainment at the EWR,just wish i was a neutral then i wouldnt be pissed off!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks123 Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 9 minutes ago, montie said: if hes knackered riding one meeting a week,cleaning/prepping one bike and living at the track he wouldnt like the real world much at all Massive well done to Berwick last night,got their noses in front early doors and thanks to a fab performance from the reserves kept in front Another super nights entertainment at the EWR,just wish i was a neutral then i wouldnt be pissed off!! If you take Jake Allan's home average (+5%) you could fit any Berwick rider in and he is 5th in your averages. I think that's probably the reason Berwick has strong reserves as Scunny has a lot more top end strength and Berwick has a lot stronger reserves (Berwick has just over 2 points between 1-7 and Scunny has over 6.5 points). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 Another excellent meeting at the EWR & credit to Berwick for a job well done as most people would have thought the reserves would be the talking point. For Scunthorpe, as has been said on the Belle Vue threads, Steve has been struggling but last night he looked like his own self & should have had 2+3+3+3 from his first 4 rides but we thought he just seemed to be riding too wide in heat 15 finding the dirt but going backwards. Stefan tried his best, had speed but for 1st meeting back, competing & not practice, what was we hoping for. Berwick may not have strong heat leaders or weak reserves but showed strength in depth beating our reserves & riders carrying knocks or returning from injury. Jason carrying an injured leg reported from his guest appearance from Thursday just battles through the pain. Jake unfortunately pulling up after seeing lights on on the back straight cost us. Josh was Josh missing gates but thrilling us all. To the reserves & it is the same story as the effort is there but speed & points, or a bit of luck, is not forthcoming. I thought their reserves should have had more rides coming in for Etheridge & Howe. In heat 14, surely Pijper should have come in for Etheridge as a tape exclusion(in heat 3) counts as a ride. Missing 2 minutes & not coming to the tapes is not classed as a ride. Might be wrong but someone will put me, & us, right. We could look back at points dropped by Steve(stopping a lap early) in heat 1 & Jake pulling up(in heat 3) after seeing the lights as pivotal moments but then a TS could not have been used in heat 7. I said a few weeks ago that the loss of points at Redcar & Berwick would cost us & we were chasing our injuries to get back into the play offs & now our manager has said it publically, although the riders in the bar, afterwards, said it is game on. Still giving 100% to the Scorpions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 36 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: Another excellent meeting at the EWR & credit to Berwick for a job well done as most people would have thought the reserves would be the talking point. For Scunthorpe, as has been said on the Belle Vue threads, Steve has been struggling but last night he looked like his own self & should have had 2+3+3+3 from his first 4 rides but we thought he just seemed to be riding too wide in heat 15 finding the dirt but going backwards. Stefan tried his best, had speed but for 1st meeting back, competing & not practice, what was we hoping for. Berwick may not have strong heat leaders or weak reserves but showed strength in depth beating our reserves & riders carrying knocks or returning from injury. Jason carrying an injured leg reported from his guest appearance from Thursday just battles through the pain. Jake unfortunately pulling up after seeing lights on on the back straight cost us. Josh was Josh missing gates but thrilling us all. To the reserves & it is the same story as the effort is there but speed & points, or a bit of luck, is not forthcoming. I thought their reserves should have had more rides coming in for Etheridge & Howe. In heat 14, surely Pijper should have come in for Etheridge as a tape exclusion(in heat 3) counts as a ride. Missing 2 minutes & not coming to the tapes is not classed as a ride. Might be wrong but someone will put me, & us, right. We could look back at points dropped by Steve(stopping a lap early) in heat 1 & Jake pulling up(in heat 3) after seeing the lights as pivotal moments but then a TS could not have been used in heat 7. I said a few weeks ago that the loss of points at Redcar & Berwick would cost us & we were chasing our injuries to get back into the play offs & now our manager has said it publically, although the riders in the bar, afterwards, said it is game on. Still giving 100% to the Scorpions. He was replaced by Theo so surely that doesn't count as a ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crescent girl Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 1 hour ago, IronScorpion said: Another excellent meeting at the EWR & credit to Berwick for a job well done as most people would have thought the reserves would be the talking point. For Scunthorpe, as has been said on the Belle Vue threads, Steve has been struggling but last night he looked like his own self & should have had 2+3+3+3 from his first 4 rides but we thought he just seemed to be riding too wide in heat 15 finding the dirt but going backwards. Stefan tried his best, had speed but for 1st meeting back, competing & not practice, what was we hoping for. Berwick may not have strong heat leaders or weak reserves but showed strength in depth beating our reserves & riders carrying knocks or returning from injury. Jason carrying an injured leg reported from his guest appearance from Thursday just battles through the pain. Jake unfortunately pulling up after seeing lights on on the back straight cost us. Josh was Josh missing gates but thrilling us all. To the reserves & it is the same story as the effort is there but speed & points, or a bit of luck, is not forthcoming. I thought their reserves should have had more rides coming in for Etheridge & Howe. In heat 14, surely Pijper should have come in for Etheridge as a tape exclusion(in heat 3) counts as a ride. Missing 2 minutes & not coming to the tapes is not classed as a ride. Might be wrong but someone will put me, & us, right. We could look back at points dropped by Steve(stopping a lap early) in heat 1 & Jake pulling up(in heat 3) after seeing the lights as pivotal moments but then a TS could not have been used in heat 7. I said a few weeks ago that the loss of points at Redcar & Berwick would cost us & we were chasing our injuries to get back into the play offs & now our manager has said it publically, although the riders in the bar, afterwards, said it is game on. Still giving 100% to the Scorpions. A rider must make three starts. Having missed out Heat 3, Jye Etherjdge had to go in his other programmed rides. Likewise, Dany Gapp had to have his third ride. It is the fact that, when both reserves are going so well (and you don't fall six behind) it isn't at all easy to engineer that they take sevens starts each! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy The Rebel Posted August 18, 2018 Report Share Posted August 18, 2018 1st visit to scunny last night food was great(pie and chips) so was the racing plenty of passing in most of the races, for berwick summers and jakobsen clearly there best 2 riders and pijper rode really well to. As for scunny auty was awesome along with allen thought he rode well i think was 2nd or 3rd ride with garrity when he changed his riding line mid race as garrity looked vulnerable,imo a toss up between worrall and allen for ht15. Overall great meeting and think berwick have a great chance of beating anyone over 2legs 2 win the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scunny1 Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Nice to see Gino getting plenty of practice in yesterday.Looked like he was having fun helping the amateurs out and at same time getting plenty of track time for himself. Don't know who person on start line was giving Gino advice? Young Jack looked alarmed when Gino jumped on the back and set him on probably his fastest lap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 At practice slick & dusty & nothing like a race track but he was trying different things. Thought it was a Wayne Carter Training school so could have been him in the t shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scunny1 Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 No Wayne Carter was in a red t shirt, it was someone I did not recognise, but Gino was listening intently to older guys advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Danny was also there trying different things to sort out issues. The guys are trying for the benefit of the Scorpions & & their own pockets although practice costs them. Give them the support & the confidence will grow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScunnyDan Posted August 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Gino has also been practicing today after the amateur meeting (and rob put the track back to league meeting conditions) and was flying.. We cant fault the efforts of our reserves each week they try their hearts out and seeing them in the pits after races and meetings, defeat hurts them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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